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corporatewhore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 09:05 PM Original message |
What makes Terrorism right and legitmate? |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Those are excellent letters to the editor |
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corporatewhore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. i think so too |
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WaywardSon (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nothing, nothing at all. |
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corporatewhore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. No i am asking why is state sponsered terrorism considered glorious but |
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WaywardSon (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 10:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. This is a cultural war... |
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AG78 (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 10:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. That's the problem |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 10:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Perhaps it's point of view.... |
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LeahMira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 10:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Not so. |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 01:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Therein you describe someone else's freedom fighter.... |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. cool |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 01:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. So you're saying that only attacks on the military are justified? |
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Gramps (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. What makes it terrorism... |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 09:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Our soldiers are not trying to avoid killing civilians. You don't drop |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 10:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Dresden? Hiroshima? My Lai? Baghdad? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 10:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. When you start a war... |
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ParanoidPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 10:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Can you say "Shock and Awe" Gramps? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. Bullshit |
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HalfManHalfBiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. Depends on how you want to define terrorism |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 09:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Not a valid comparison. |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 09:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. BUT the act of invading and carpet bombing a country that had nothing to |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. ummm when it doesn't kill innocent people....? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. It Is Simple, Ma'am |
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Dunedain (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 03:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. nice allegory |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 04:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Perhaps so but |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. If There Is Belitlement Involved, Sir, In My Comment |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 04:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. You hit the nail on the proverbial head. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. With such glaringly dishonest rhetoric, it's hard to take this seriously |
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HalfManHalfBiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-15-04 11:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Agreed |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 02:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. When are people going to learn |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
24. "Winning" |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
26. terrorism is the heart of the cold war |
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supercrash (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
27. BTW guys.... |
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civil_liberties_dem (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 06:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. good point. |
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Snivi Yllom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. one nations terrorist is another's freedom fighter |
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mrgorth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. The difference is intent |
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civil_liberties_dem (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 06:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. yes but ultimately that difference is merely academic |
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corporatewhore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. welcome to DU |
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civil_liberties_dem (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 03:24 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Thanks!:) |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 09:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Then how about Hiroshima? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 09:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. and you can |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. if you're victorious, it was "right" |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
36. Americans |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 01:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. I happen to agree with you |
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RichM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
38. "A terrorist is someone who has a bomb but doesn't have an air force." |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 12:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. A terrorist is someone who tries to kill civilians on purpose... |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. That's actually NOT the definition |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. The Taliban (or Taleban, whichever you prefer) were not terrorists. |
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Kitsune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-16-04 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. War IS terrorism. |
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corporatewhore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 11:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. ditto |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-17-04 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
48. The intent of terrorism is to create terror |
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